Nancy Argenta, Sigiswald Kuijken, Werner van Mechelen, Marie Kuijken, La Petite Bande & Stefano di Lucca
Pergolesi - Livietta e Tracollo
Artist: Nancy Argenta, Sigiswald Kuijken, Werner van Mechelen, Marie Kuijken, La Petite Bande & Stefano di Lucca - Soloist: Nancy Argenta, Werner van Mechelen, Marie Kuijken & Stefano di Lucca - Producer: EuroArts - Conductor: Sigiswald Kuijken - Composer: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Stage Director: Ferruccio Soleri - Orchestra: La Petite Bande
Pergolesi - Livietta e Tracollo
"Livietta e Tracollo" is the intermezzo of Pergolesi's last opera for the city of Naples, Adriano in Syria. Like "La Serva Padrona", "Livietta el Tracollo" enjoyed a long run in the repertoire of the opera houses. The opera tells of a girl disguised as a French peasant (male) seeking vengeance on a robber who in turn appears disguised as a pregnant Pole. She succeeds in the first half, while in the second, the man, now disguised as an astrologer, has more luck and they agree to get married. The ensemble La Petite Bande is led by Sigiswald Kuijken. Soloist are Nancy Argenta, Werner van Mechelen, Marie Kuijken and Stefano di Lucca. The performance took place in La Monnaie, Brussels in 1998.